 I've read, my friend, And like the half, you pilfer'd, best ; But, sure, the drama you might mend ; Take courage, man, and steal the rest ! CIBBER, GARRICK, AND MRS.  Dramatic Table Talk: Or, Scenes, Situations, & Adventures, Serious & Comic ... - Стр. 110редактор(ы): - 1825Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1803 - Страниц: 502
...tranquil breast, Waking the holiest dreams of rest. ADELINK. EPIGRAM. TO A LIVING AUTHOR. YOUR Comedy I've read, my Friend, And like the half you pilfer'd best ; But sure the Piece you yet may mend ?Take courage Man, and steal the rest. 102 103 HORACE, LIB. 1, ODE 5. TRANSLATED... | |
 | 1803 - Страниц: 508
...tranquil breast, Waking the holiest dreams of rest. ADELINE. EPIGRAM. TO A LIVING AUTHOR. YOUR Comedy I've read, my Friend, And like the half you pilfer'd best; But sure the Piece you yet may mend ? — >• Take courage Man, and steal the rest. HORACE, LIB. 1, ODE 5. TRANSLATED... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - Страниц: 490
...hates a hypocrite. It shows Self-love is not a fault of Joe's. To a living Author. YOUR comedy I've read, my friend, And like the half you pilfer'd best; But sure the piece you yet may mend : Take courage, man ! and steal the rest. I/aitatedfrom the French. By Mr. P.... | |
 | Richard Ryan - 1825 - Страниц: 332
...it is no small part of the comedie to mark their behaviour." ADVICE TO A DRAMATIST. YOUR comedy I've read, my friend, And like the half, you pilfer'd,...extravagant accounts of the young performer's merit. Colley Cibber, however, spoke of him with great contempt, admitting, that " he was well enough, but not superior... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - Страниц: 322
...arc you his senior, and by 'how many years?" " Why, sir, I am dirty-two." Epigram. Your comedy I've read, my friend", And like the half you pilfer'd best;...might mend — Take courage, man ! and steal the rest. Due/tess of Marlborough. The prond duke of Somerset, a little time before his death, paid a visit to... | |
 | Toby (Hogarth's own dog.), William Hogarth (pseud.) - 1854 - Страниц: 206
...blacksmith of Gretna-Green visits London, he lodges in Fetter-lane. 580. DOUBTFUL PRAISE. Your comedy I've read, my friend, And like the half you pilfer'd best ; But sure the piece you yet may mend : Take courage, man ! and steal the rest. 581. MONSTERS IN PETTICOATS. The Spanish... | |
 | James Parton - 1856 - Страниц: 720
...recollect," says Harry, " How great a calf they have to carry." TO A LIVING AUTHOR. Your comedy I 've read, my friend, And like the half you pilfer'd best ; But sure the piece you yet may mend : Take courage, man ! and steal the rest. EPIGRAMS BY THOMAS HOOD. ON THE ART-UNIONS.... | |
 | Jest book - 1864 - Страниц: 396
...ADVICE TO A DRAMATIST. Your Comedy I've read, my friend, And like the half you've pilfered best ; liut, sure, the Drama you might mend ; Take courage, man, and steal the rest! CMXIL — GARRICK AND FOOTE. " THE Lying Valet" being one hot night annexed as an afterpiece to the... | |
 | John Booth - 1865 - Страниц: 400
...of his own.' Advice to a Dramatist. Your comedy I Ve read, my friend, And like the half you pilfered best ; But sure the drama you might mend — Take courage, man, and steal the rest \ On the late Duchess of Devonshire^t') Canvassing for CJ Fox, at the Westminster Election (1784).... | |
 | Epigrams - 1865 - Страниц: 398
...of his own' Advice to a Dramatist. Your comedy I Ve read, my friend, And like the half you pilfer3 d best; But sure the drama you might mend — Take courage, man, and steal the rest \ On the late Duchess of Devonshire^1') Canvassing for CJ Fox, at the Westminster Election (1784).... | |
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